When the Pressure is On

So when I went on my bagel run Sunday, I knew that it was going to be pouring rain all day long. That was foremost in my mind, because I knew that I needed to find a blog photograph by the end of the day. As a result of this, I was hyper vigilant during the ride in the car. I first stopped to photograph the trellis and vines. Then, thinking that it might not be good enough, my radar was working at high speed all the way home. Then I noticed the raindrops on the car windshield, so I turned the wipers off to watch larger drops form, and see how the rain drops distorted the world outside. Here was another interesting photo. Click, click, click, all the way home.

Apartment House

On my bagel run this morning, I passed by this. It was raining, but I got out of my car and took the picture. I liked the design of the winding vines on the geometric background. OK, here is a confession... It wasn't until I was looking at the image on my computer screen that I noticed what was going on in this severely cropped version. Duh! I thought that it looked like an apartment house with giant vines growing on it. OK, maybe I have overdone it in the imagination department. The lesson is, that I should have spent more time when photographing, to look for other possibilities. Because it was raining, I didn't spend the time.

Orchid

I photographed this plant before, but from a distance. It sits in the dining room window where the sun can shine on it, and I have found it fascinating to look at it under different lighting conditions. I was examining it closely today and decided to get the Micro Nikkor close-up lens for the Nikon, and I spent a fair amount of time composing pictures. I tried further away, and this closer version, and I like this one the best. This orchid is really a stunning plant when examined closely. I guess many orchids are.

The Stone Angel

I went out to the side yard and set up my new telescope for looking at the sun. It has a special filter on it that only passes the line of Hydrogen alpha light. It allows me to see prominences on the sun, and all kinds of detail on our nearest star. I digress. So while setting up the telescope, I happened to glance over at the garden, and saw the stone angel sitting there. She is usually surrounded by the flowers and plants in the garden. She seems so lonely here, sitting on the bare ground with not a plant in sight. I will feel better when she begins to be surrounded by green again.

Trying...

I was on the phone with Amy this afternoon, and we were talking for a while, and then I noticed a brilliant reflection of the setting sun from a window of the house next door. Then I noticed the shadow of the handset coiled cord on the wall. Then I started looking around to see what else there was. Well, there didn't seem to be more than the shadow of venetian blinds. I was trying to get something with a different feeling to it. But it still needs to be a photograph. I think this might not be successful. Trying too hard, but not making it. Although it does have an interesting feeling to it - it just doesn't feel complete, at least as I think of a photograph as being complete.

I Hope the Kitty is Comfortable...

I stepped into the living room and saw this, and couldn't believe it! It just cracked me up. I mean, the kitties sleep everywhere in the house, on top and under all kinds of things. But this is amazing. Sitting on top of three pillows, which are, in turn, on the couch. I just hope she was comfortable enough to have a good sleep.

A Different View

I have photographed this window before. I have photographed these blue bottles before. But today I noticed this plant in front of the bottles, and I was taken by the combination of the two. This photograph, to me is about the layering in the image - the overlapping and interaction of foreground and background. It is that simple. I love the complexity of it. And the beauty of these two things together.